[Lakeshark]

Maybe so, I'm glad you knew, but most people thought the Soviet threat was the big deal, and rightfully so. They were the big dinosaur thrashing around in the living room. The Soviets really were the big, insurmountable problem then.

It seemed like small change at the time, and the dems were not all pro illegals back then.

[Windflier]

It seemed like small change at the time, and the dems were not all pro illegals back then.

I think you're looking back with rose colored glasses. I was an adult in 1986, and well remember the push for amnesty as being very much a big deal. The left put tremendous pressure on Reagan to sign it, all the while promising;

"This will be the first and last amnesty, and we'll build a border fence to stop future illegal immigration, if you'll just sign it."

Naturally, they were lying through their teeth. I felt so at the time, and Reagan should have too. Why he trusted those bastards, I'll never know.